Female Personalities in the Qur’an and Sunna: Examining the Major Sources of Imami Shi‘i Islam

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Woman in creation
	Introduction
	The creation of the human duality in the Qur'an and exegesis
	The creation of Eve in the hadīth
	The universal meanings of the story of creation
	Reassessing the symbols: Adam and al-arhām
	Conclusions
2 Female personalities in the Qur'an
	Introduction
	The wives of the prophets Noah and Lot
	The wives of the prophet Abraham
	Zulaykha
	The women in the life of the prophet Moses
	The Queen of Sheba
	Mary
	The wives of the prophet Muhammad and other Muslim women
	The women of paradise (al-Hūr al-'Īn)
	Summary and conclusions
3 Female personalities in the sunna
	Introduction
	Khadīja al-Kubrā
	Fātima al-Zahrā'
	Zaynab al-'Aqīla
	Summary and conclusions
4 Female personality in the hadīth
	Introduction
	Woman as evil and necessary
	Women as deficient in faith, fortune, and intellect
	Women as flowers to be secluded
	Woman's jihād towards her husband
	Women-friendly traditions in the "Four Books"
	Conclusions
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index